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Psalm 65

Psa. 65:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By terribley things
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
in righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
wilt thou answer
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
us, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of our salvation
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
; who art the confidence
mibtach (Hebrew #4009)
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
KJV usage: confidence, hope, sure, trust.
Pronounce: mib-tawkh'
Origin: from 982
of all the ends
qetsev (Hebrew #7099)
from 7096; a limit (used like 7097, but with less variety)
KJV usage: end, edge, uttermost participle
Pronounce: keh'-tsev
Origin: and (feminine) qitsvah {kits-vaw'}
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and of them that are afar off
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
upon the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Psa. 45:4• 4And [in] thy majesty prosper, ride,{HR}For the cause of truth and meekness of righteousness;{HR}And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. (Psa. 45:4)

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Confidence,
Earth,
God,
Righteousness,
Salvation,
Sea

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terrible.
Psa. 45:4• 4And [in] thy majesty prosper, ride,{HR}For the cause of truth and meekness of righteousness;{HR}And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. (Psa. 45:4)
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Psa. 47:2‑3• 2For Jehovah Most High [is] to be feared,{HR}A great king over all the earth.
 3He destroyeth peoples under us,{HR}And Gentiles under our feet. (Psa. 47:2‑3)
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Psa. 66:3• 3Say to God, How terrible [are] thy doings;{HR}In the greatness of thy strength thine enemies shall cringe to thee. (Psa. 66:3)
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Psa. 76:3‑9• 3There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow,{HR}The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
 4Splendid [art] thou, glorious,{HR}More than the mountains of prey.
 5The strong of heart have been spoiled,{HR}They have slumbered their sleep;{HR}And none of the men of might have found their hands.
 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,{HR}Both chariot and horse [are] cast into a dead sleep.
 7Thou [art] terrible, thou;{HR}And who shall stand in thy presence when once [in] thine anger?
 8From the heavens thou didst cause judgment to be heard;{HR}The earth feared and was still.
 9When God rose for the judgment,{HR}To save all the meek of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 76:3‑9)
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Deut. 4:34• 34{i}Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?{/i} (Deut. 4:34)
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Deut. 10:21• 21{i}He is thy praise, and he is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.{/i} (Deut. 10:21)
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Isa. 37:36• 36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses. (Isa. 37:36)
righteousness.
Psa. 145:17• 17Righteous [is] Jehovah in all his ways,{HR}And gracious in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)
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Rom. 2:5• 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:5)
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Rev. 15:3‑4• 3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful {i}are{/i} thy works, O Lord God the Almighty; just and true {i}are{/i} thy ways, thou King of the nations.
 4Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {i}thou{/i} only {i}art{/i} holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteousnesses were manifested. (Rev. 15:3‑4)
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Rev. 16:5• 5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Righteous art thou that art and that wast holy, because thou hast judged these things. (Rev. 16:5)
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Rev. 19:1‑3• 1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation, the glory and the power of our God:
 2for true and righteous {i}are{/i} his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
 3And a second time they said, Alleluia! and her smoke riseth up unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 19:1‑3)
O God.
Psa. 68:19‑20• 19Blessed [be] Adonai day by day loading us,{HR}The God of our salvation. Selah.
 20Our God is a God of salvation;{HR}And to Jehovah Adonai [belong] the issues from death. (Psa. 68:19‑20)
the confidence.
Isa. 45:22• 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)
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Matt. 28:19‑20• 19{i}Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;{/i}
 20{i}teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.{/i} (Matt. 28:19‑20)
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Rom. 15:10‑12• 10And again he saith, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people;”
 11and, again, “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and give him praise, all ye people.”
 12And again Esaias saith, “There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule Gentiles: on him shall Gentiles hope.” (Rom. 15:10‑12)
all.
Psa. 22:27• 27All the ends of the earth shall remember{HR}And shall turn unto Jehovah,{HR}And all tribes of Gentiles shall bow down before thee. (Psa. 22:27)
afar.
Isa. 51:5• 5My righteousness [is] near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust. (Isa. 51:5)
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Isa. 60:5• 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. (Isa. 60:5)
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Isa. 66:19• 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. (Isa. 66:19)
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Zeph. 2:11• 11Jehovah will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (Zeph. 2:11)
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Zech. 9:10• 10{i}And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.{/i} (Zech. 9:10)
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Eph. 2:17‑18• 17And having come he preached peace to you that were afar off and peace to those that were nigh.
 18For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:17‑18)
• The godly anticipate the judgment of the wicked, and their own deliverance, in answer to their prayers. The intervention of God will involve “terrible things in righteousness” for the nations, but salvation for His earthly people. (“Psalm 65” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. …

W. Kelly Translation

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Terrible things in righteousness thou wilt answer us,{HR}O God of our salvation,{HR}Confidence of all the ends of earth and sea, afar off;